OUTSIDE:

> incorporation of carport or garage into house and increasing use of double garages, often with painted doors

> minimal use of decorative flourishes; often expressed in mass produced elements such as brick / stone feature walls or chimneys, wrought iron porch posts / railings and wire mesh doors

> emergence of brick veneer replacing double brick

> chimneys still common

GARDEN:

> low fences and neat, ordered gardens

> emphasis on lawn with deciduous trees and shrub beds

> use of decorative elements such as figurines, tyre-swans, sculpted plants and hedges

> wide front yards covered mostly by trimmed lawns with wheel strips in the driveway and a narrow perimeter garden

> standard and hybrid roses feature

INSIDE:

> kitchen design reflects increasing use of domestic appliances      

> kitchens feature melamine bench tops

> generous use of windows, including window-walls

> interior lining boards of mass produced sheet materials

> linoleum and rubber floor coverings in kitchens

COLOUR & DESIGN NOTES:

> colour schemes of whites, off whites and creams with brightly painted feature walls

> timber weatherboards often painted in pale creams and ivory

> bold uses of colour often eclectically applied

HISTORY:

> acute shortage of building skills, materials and equipment following World War Two

> revival of domestic architecture follows Post-war baby boom and immigration

> brick veneer and cement tiles archetypal of era

> 1947 Royal Victorian Institute of Architects and The Age introduce Small Homes Service

> most houses from the 1950s designed by building companies not architects e.g. AV Jennings